Watch: The ThunderCats return in new Cartoon Network trailer

WonderCon was the site of the world premiere of a brand new trailer for Cartoon Network’s “ThunderCats” remake from Warner Bros. Animation on Sunday (April 3).

The trailer was shown during a panel for the new series which included producers Michael Jelenic (“Batman: The Brave and the Bold”) and Ethan Spaulding (“Avatar: The Last Airbender”), art director Dan Norton and Larry Kenney. Kenney plays the voice of Claudus on the new show, but is fondly remembered as the voice of Lion-O in the 1980s version. The group discussed the creative direction in which the show will head, and also answered some questions from the crowd.

Similar plot-wise to its predecessor, the new “ThunderCats” centers around young Lion-O, as he and his compatriots battle against evil on a far away planet.

In 2007, Warner Bros. and Spring Creek Productions announced they were making a CGI feature film based on the property. That project never came to be, but may have evolved into the TV series.